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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Fredrik Jalde, Bromma, SE;
Joachim Saellvin, Saltsjoe-Boo, SE;
Christer Sinderby, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Maquet Critical Care AB, Solna, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control unit for a ventilator is arranged to receive, from each of a number of electrode pairs on an esophageal catheter a bioelectric signal having an ECG component. The control unit has a calculating unit that determines the ECG component of each of the bioelectric signals and a position unit that determines the position of the catheter in relation to the patient's diaphragm based on a comparison the amplitudes of ECG components of the bioelectric signals.